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Essaouira Essaouira -- the medina The Hotel Desdemona Desdemona closeup Outside our room at the Desdemona Our sitting room The big four-poster bed The bath in our room View from the Window The gardens below In the medina Cats in the medina The old Portugese fortress Up the coast, from the fort Down the coast Essaouira -- the harbor Essaouira -- from the beach Ruins on the beach Mogador, from the ruins Insects encountered on our walk Castles Made of Sand -- the original View from the ruined castle Lunch at the Riad al Medina Through the gate from the harbor Marrakesh All but two of these pictures are of our hotel, the famous La Mamounia The corridor outside our room Entrance Looking back towards the door The ornate doors to the bath Through the bathroom doors The tub and shower The sink with its plastic soap "tagine" Looking back toward the window Out our window Closer to the window Looking out from the stairway Alex looking out from the stairs Alex from inside the stairway A fountain in the gardens Our window from the outside A path along the garden wall A turn in the path Sunlight and bougainvillea The Koutoubia mosque The Golden Door, a shop in the medina that appears in a tale Another picture of the Golden Door Oukaimden - Tachedirt Alex at the summit of Tizi-n-Eddi At the pass with Kristy and Omar Terraces Near Tachedirt Schoolhouse Another pass Another village Back up the Imename valley toward camp Alex aboard Jubilah Skoura The oasis The casbah that is now Chez Slimani The casbah that appears on the 50 dirham note The alley behind the casbah Casbah ruins Village The M'Goun River Up the valley from El Kelaa M'Gouna Land of oleander Also thistles Another casbah View along the lower M'Goun Rock strata Strata, in another light From our camp near Ait Said Casbah, with storks Wider view of village Hiking along Fields Our camp near Issoumar Camels across the river Camp near Tiranimine The river narrows Banks disappear Travelers pause in the shade -- Scott, Kristy, Omar, Mustafa (and Nariman) Back into the water Looking back through the narrows Another look back Ancient stairs ascending the cliffs Kristy and Nariman at our lunch stop First glimpse of snow on the ridge From our camp near Imi Nirkt Kristy just back from the local beauty shoppe, her face done for the wedding Resuming our trek toward the ridge Purple orchids that grow by the streams Yellow flowers Pink flowers (with bee) Mallow-like flowers White trumpet-shaped flowers Spiky plant with yellow flowers Back on the trail Another look at the ridge we've to cross The trail narrows The ridge from a village Pink flowers growing in the cliff Cultivated fields Our last camp, near Tighermt n'Ait Ahmed Setting out on the last day of the hike The tighermt, an ancient granary A purple flower (and a common yellow one) The country opens up a bit One ridge after another Another ridge after another The M'Goun massif from Tizi n'Ait Imi, a high point on our trip Looking back down the M'Goun valley from the pass Ait Bougoumez The view toward Ait Bougoumez Yellow flower with audacious petals Another view down the valley Nariman leads the way Moustafa intervenes Looking back towards the pass, from the valley of Ait Bougoumez Another look back Looking back up the trail, from near the town An alternate take Houses near Ait Bougoumez Little orange flowers More of the orchids Our lodge in Ait Bougoumez Our door is seen through the window on the left The courtyard from the breezeway outside our room The view from the terrace From our window, a last look at our mules Our trip to Fez Pool and gardens at our hotel in Afourer Another view from our room Barbary apes, in the hills above Azrou Barbary ape mother and child Slightly closer view of apes From our hotel in Fez, the Menzeh Zalagh Fez from the hilltop Another Fez panorama Door of king's palace in Fez (detail) Gate to the medina -- outside Gate to the medina -- inside From the roof of our favorite rug merchant Another view The woodworking museum An oud on exhibit in the museum On the museum's roof Alex appears in window One entrance to the old university building (9th C.) Another entrance Casablanca Again, all pictures are of our hotel, the Hyatt Regency Part of the lobby Another part of the lobby Our sitting room View back toward the desk Our bedroom in late afternoon sun View from near the bed, showing revolving TV Looking toward the bath